Although she is a successful woman, in Tolstoyan terms, Dolly fails to retain her husband's love. Compensating this lack by a redoubled interest in the children, Dolly maintains her equilibrium. After her visit to Anna, she is definitively reassured that living like a "hen with her chicks" provides more meaning to life than an existence based on desperate love.
Anna Karenina Character Analysis Dolly Oblonsky
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Table of Contents
- Book Summary
- Character List
- Summary and Analysis
- Part 1: Chapters 1–5
- Part 1: Chapters 6–11
- Part 1: Chapters 12–15
- Part 1: Chapters 16–23
- Part 1: Chapters 24–27
- Part 1: Chapters 28–33
- Part 1: Chapter 34
- Part 2: Chapters 1–3
- Part 2: Chapters 4–11
- Part 2: Chapters 12–17
- Part 2: Chapters 18–25
- Part 2: Chapters 26–29
- Part 2: Chapters 30–35
- Part 3: Chapters 1–6
- Part 3: Chapters 7–11
- Part 3: Chapters 12–23
- Part 3: Chapters 24–32
- Part 4: Chapters 1–23
- Part 5: Chapters 1–6
- Part 5: Chapters 7–13
- Part 5: Chapters 14–20
- Part 5: Chapters 21–33
- Part 6: Chapters 1–5
- Part 6: Chapters 6–15
- Part 6: Chapters 16–25
- Part 6: Chapters 26–32
- Part 7: Chapters 1–12
- Part 7: Chapters 13–22
- Part 7: Chapters 23–31
- Part 8: Chapters 1–5
- Part 8: Chapters 6–19
- Character Analysis
- Character Map
- Leo Tolstoy Biography
- Critical Essays
- Study Help
